Application of BRINAR Wear-Resistant Steel in The Mining industry

Application of BRINAR wear-resistant steel in open-pit mining equipment

BRINAR wear-resistant steel is the world's earliest wear-resistant steel brand developed and put on the market. It has been used in major open-pit mines in Europe, America, Australia and other places for more than 80 years. It is typically used in various buckets, dump truck bodies, chute liners, hoppers, feeders, crusher liners and screens, etc. Practice has proved that BRINAR wear-resistant steel plays an extremely important role in the operation of various types of equipment in mines. It can maximize the service life of equipment, reduce the risk of failure, shorten maintenance time, and thus improve overall economic benefits.

Electric shovel and mining truck

Single bucket - mining car operation is the most common method in open-pit mining. Generally, the outer guard plate of the electric shovel bucket is made of BRINAS 500, while the inner lining plate can be made of BRINAR 500 or higher grade BRINAR 550. Compared with ordinary steel plates, BRINAR wear-resistant steel can increase the service life of the bucket by two to three times.

For mine trucks, BRINAR wear-resistant steel can make the mine truck lighter and more wear-resistant. Compared with ordinary wear-resistant steel, it can generally reduce the weight by about 50%. At the same time, BRINAR can also be used to make trucks linings. Both sides, bottom plates and discharge ends of vehicles can be protected with BRINAR 400/450/500.

Bucket Wheel Excavator

Bucket wheel excavator is a special open-pit mining equipment. With the development and construction of large open-pit coal mines in China, more and more open-pit coal mines use bucket wheel excavators. In order to optimize the production capacity and performance of bucket wheel excavators, it is particularly important to use high wear-resistant and high-strength bucket wheel materials. The bucket body can generally use BRINAR 400/450, and the bucket side and blade can use BRINAR 500.

Dump Truck

Dump trucks are also a common means of transportation in mining areas. The traditional design of dump trucks uses low-strength steel and a large number of reinforcing ribs, which makes the weight of the truck body too heavy, resulting in a decrease in the effective load of the dump truck and a significant increase in fuel and tire costs. The use of BRINAR wear-resistant steel can effectively reduce the weight of the truck body. At the same time, due to the good impact toughness of BRINAR wear-resistant steel, the service life of the dump truck body is greatly extended.

Other applications

In addition to the above three points, BRINAS wear-resistant steel is also widely used in hoppers, feeders and various crushing and screening equipment in open-pit mining systems. Different grades of BRINAS wear-resistant steel products can be selected according to the different types of equipment and the degree of wear of different materials.

The Hopper Buffer Bar

The Chute

Bottom Plate of The Vibrating Feeder

Spiral Classifier Blades

Application of BRINAR wear-resistant steel in underground mining equipment

The application of BRINAR wear-resistant steel in underground mining equipment, like open-pit mines, has a history of nearly 60 years. The application of BRINAR in underground equipment mainly involves underground scrapers, underground mine cars, underground buffer buckets, unloading buckets, crushers, scraper conveyors, etc. The use of BRINAR wear-resistant steel in many mines in Europe and the United States shows that BRINAR can maximize the service life of equipment, reduce risks, shorten maintenance time and costs, and thus improve overall economic benefits.

Underground Scraper

Underground scrapers are one of the most commonly used loading tools. BRINAR wear-resistant steel plates 400 and 450 grades can be used as structural plates and wear plates for buckets. The wear-resistant parts of buckets can be made of BRINAR wear-resistant 500 grade.

Underground Mine Truck

Underground mine truck are one of the most commonly used means of transportation. BRINAR wear-resistant steel grade 450 can be used to design the carriage of the mine car to ensure that the carriage is both wear-resistant and impact-resistant. At the discharge end where wear is very severe, a higher grade of BRINAR 500 can also be selected.

Underground Buffer Bucket

The sidewall of the underground buffer bucket requires a very high grade of wear-resistant steel. Its maintenance working environment is relatively poor, so it is generally recommended to use BRINAR500/550. Practice has proved that compared with ordinary wear-resistant steel, BRINAR can greatly extend the service life and maintenance cycle of the sidewall.

Underground Scraper

As the transportation equipment of coal mine working face, the reliable, stable and efficient operation of scraper conveyor will directly affect the production capacity of mines and the economic benefits of coal mining enterprises. The wear resistance of scraper conveyor is one of the most critical performance indicators. According to the current usage, its service life is generally 3-5 years.

The wear-resistant materials of scraper conveyor are generally used in the middle plate and bottom plate of the middle trough. The wear-resistant grade is generally BRINAR450 grade. The most commonly used thickness is 30mm, 40mm, 50mm, and some will use 60mm.

At present, BRINAR wear-resistant steel has begun to be gradually used in large domestic mines and has been fully recognized and approved by the market.

Others

In the mine, the side wall lining of the discharge hopper will use BRINAR450/500. The grid screen can also use BRINAR450/500. In addition, the feeder, crusher, metering hopper and skip in the mine are widely used in BRINAR wear-resistant series as lining

Comparison of life of BRINAR wear-resistant steel to others

Comparison of relative life of different materials under different wear media conditions.

Wear-resistant materials	Coal	Granite Iron	Ore
Ordinary materials	1.0	1.0	1.0
BRINAR400	1.9	1.5	1.4
BRINAR450	2.4	2.6	2.5
BRINAR500	3.5	3.4	3.4